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Allō^brox , ăgis, and plur. Allō^brŏ-ges , um, m. (
I.acc. sing. Allobroga, Juv. 7, 214), the Allobroges, in Ptol. Ἀλλόβρυγες, a warlike people in Gallia Narbonensis, on the east side of the Rhone, and to the north of l'Isère, now Savoy, Dép. de l'Isère, and a part of the Dép. de l'Ain, Caes. B. G. 1, 6 al.; Cic. Div. 1, 12, 21; Liv. 21, 31; Flor. 3, 2; cf. Mann. Gall. 57 and 91.—The sing. is found only in the poets, Hor. Epod. 16, 6: “qui totiens Ciceronem Allobroga (i. e. barbare loquentem) dixit,Juv. 7, 214.—Hence, deriv. adj.: Allō^brŏgĭcus , a, um, Allobrogian: “vinum,Cels. 4, 5: “vitis,Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 3 al.—Hence, a surname of Q. Fabius Maximus, as conqueror of the Allobroges, Vell. 2, 10.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 31
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.12
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.5
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